General Thoughts of Daily Living

Alphabet: Expanding or Limiting Our Horizons?

2014-05-15T16:35:00.002-04:00

Think about the English language.

Ultimately there are 26 letters that are combined in an incredible number of ways to depict our thoughts, dreams, aspirations, etc.

Twenty-six.

We read a whole book, but yet we only read 26 unique identifiers. Combined in multiple ways. Over. And. Over.

Quite discouraging.... or is it?

Ponder all of the possible ideas, feelings, directions, visions, etc. that we can portray. It's mind boggling.

But now I want you to explore a different thought. What if we had more letters? What if we had less?

There are obviously thresholds that exist to limit the number of letters that could exist. For example:

Effectiveness of the letters dependent on their uniqueness and necessity
Ability to learn and reproduce the letters through sound
Number of sounds that exist that can be expressed in new letters

How about if we had more letters? Would we be more creative? More intelligent? More efficient at communication? Would our minds be more free to express themselves and induce thought?

How about if we had less letters? Would we be more creative because there are limits on our resources? Would we be more intelligent because there is less restraint on thought by language and more intellectual focus on body language and emotions? Or could it be the complete opposite?

Is our mind inside the light bulb of language?

There are obviously benefits and disadvantages to both having more letters and less letters in our alphabet depending on the environment you live in and type of lifestyle that you live.

Explore your mind.

2014-04-02T00:07:00.002-04:00

The Current Bitcoin Market

2014-02-26T22:57:00.002-05:00

The current bitcoin market is volatile and uninsured (part of it's uniqueness). With a lost paper, wiped disc, broken computer, your investment can be wiped away without ever having the chance to return. The recent closing of the mt. gox exchange in Japan is a prime example of how to lose your bitcoins without losing their keys (because you probably never had them in the first place).

Was it a scheme from the developers of mt. gox to extract money from those who trust in the bitcoin concept and markets? Have they been gathering people's funds for their bitcoins, only to deflate their value after halting trading, and purchasing back or holding the bitcoin keys for their own wealth? We may never know exactly which one of the numerous hypothetical schemes is the complete truth. But it does make you wonder.

Thought Provoking Question on Reality

2014-02-04T15:10:00.002-05:00

After watching several Leonardo DiCaprio films over the past few weeks, a common question is often formulated by his role in the films. It does not question what is real, whether or not there is a God, nor the validity of the deep workings of society. It touches on another realm of reality. The state in which we would rather live.

Would you rather be present and aware of what is truly happening around you and to yourself? Or would you rather live happily in an unreal world that you perceive as real?

One can virtually reduce the question to, would you happily live in a lie, or be present in an unhappy truth? Each of our own perceptions and experiences will determine our individual answers, for there is neither a correct nor incorrect answer. Just merely a preference. Perceive your preference.

This is fun!

2013-12-21T00:47:00.000-05:00

Beer Golf (Sports game) | Play more games

General Advice

2013-12-02T20:23:00.001-05:00

A great video to watch about a basic thing you may not think about in life.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iomeZsaXo

Quick Poll

2013-11-14T17:07:00.002-05:00

Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash Interview

2013-11-11T16:04:00.001-05:00

For those of you who are basketball fans and enjoy some of the older finesse players such as Dirk and Steve Nash, here is a funny interview of when they played together. It provides a nice little insight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-zK5gmSeWI&feature=related

Great Feed to Check Out!

2013-10-23T13:13:00.000-04:00

Here is a link to a channel on YouTube that is hopefully going to make a difference in the online population very soon. It is relatively new but has quite a few hits already.

http://www.youtube.com/user/GiveBackFilms?feature=watch

Just take a look!

Two Muffins

2013-10-13T14:35:00.002-04:00

All you can drink mimosas at the local gentleman's club for breakfast. Also two for one muffins

YAYAYYY

2013-10-05T11:55:00.002-04:00

Today I will remove several days (possibly weeks) from my lifespan. The bacon festival has arrived and I will arrive to it (awkward sentence structure). This may or may not be the best day of the year.

Quick Blurb

2013-09-10T09:27:00.000-04:00

"The Constitution only guarantees the American People the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."

- Benjamin (More like Ben-the-man) Franklin

I would recommend the documentary Happy to anyone who has the time or inclination to better their mental state.

The Typical American Family?

2013-08-22T10:57:00.000-04:00

While listening to the radio this morning, I heard a broadcaster state, "The Royal Family does not in fact look like a royal family, but instead the typical American family."

This is quite shocking to me. I believe this statement represents a larger gap in perception of what America actually is. The common American (what is that even defined as now?) seems to be stuck in the idea of a 1950s America with a few modifications.

Now I'm not saying that the change in our actual composition as a society is negative, for there are positives and negatives to almost every situation. The only point I want to make is that as a society, the labels no longer apply. We are too diverse in terms of family life, income, beliefs, cultures, intelligence, environment, and many other categories to even start a statement with "the typical American such and such."

So referring back to the first sentence, the new Royal Family looks like the ideal traditional family, not the typical American family.

The Traits of Satisfaction

2013-08-13T22:03:00.001-04:00

As we journey through life attempting to satisfy the most basic of our desires, we look for clues, hints, secrets, directions on how to achieve satisfaction of those desires. In regards to that statement, it is interesting to see the commonalities of people who seem to be able to achieve what they desire in life. While there are those who achieve either monetary success, power attainment success, family life satisfaction, or personal happiness success without capturing all of them, there are examples of people who have encompassed them all.

From a variety of sources, there seems a certain few common traits that these people possess, regardless of their gender, age, or race. While each of the traits may be presented differently to overcome the negative impacts of societal perception on certain genders, ages, or races, they successfully any disadvantages these societal constraints may have presented. I will list these traits (in no particular order) or characteristics and feel free to comment with any opinion you may have on my list or for sources of examples of the characteristics.

1. Alpha personality without negatively impacting more than a few others.
2. Adaptability to surroundings.
3. Common courtesy towards all others above and below them.
4. Attention to details in their work, profession, family life, people's names, etc.
5. Belief in themselves regardless of others opinions.
6. The perception of failing as a step on the ladder to achieving their dreams and visions.
7. Passion for what they do.
8. Appreciation of what has made them the people they have become.
9. The recognition and admittance of when they are wrong.
10. A faith, dream, or belief in something larger then themselves (whether religious, the good of humanity, the future of the world, etc.)

Please feel free to give input!

Unexplainable

2013-03-13T17:52:00.000-04:00

Just some simple words to express the obvious. From experiences the past 7 months of life, I have rediscovered a simple truth of life. The feeling of fulfillment does not occur from activities related to unattached sex, alcohol, or selfish pleasures. Although it may provide a rush that can be intoxicating in an extensive number of ways, these activities and the feelings they provide are not sustainable.

Weekends spent skipping shenanigans and spent dedicating time to family relationships, long lost friendships, and community assistance have been the most rewarding and memorable from my experiences. This simple knowledge has revitalized my emotional state and outlook to the future. I encourage all to dedicate their time to these alternative selfless activities rather than the ones that seem to present themselves so often and in such a tempting manner.

Good day all.

Out of the Shell

2012-09-18T15:10:00.000-04:00

What is life worth if we do not experience it to our fullest potential. It is at your discretion to decide what experience life at its fullest potential is. I write this in recent events in my life that have forced me to come out of my shell, and get out extremely vast comfort zone. It is not often I am uncomfortable with something, but my recent assignment of 'interesting' dancing in front of a crowd of more than 5,000 has challenged that proposition.

In general, this experience has forced me to forget about minute things such as self image and pride in order to enjoy and embrace the goofy side of life. My lessons are; do not fret at the small things, as they do not matter in the long run, do things you normally do not do (reasonably), as these things are often your fondest memories, and try to limit yourself to saying no to opportunities.

Frightening

2012-08-31T11:14:00.001-04:00

Recently, I have come across Janoskian videos on YouTube. I don't like criticizing people who are just attempting to become successful in a harmless, legal way, but this is a different situation. I don't see how this group of kids could have a channel become so popular amongst YouTube fans. Millions of views... really? I personally feel guilty and ashamed that I assisted in adding to that number. These children do nothing but bother people in unnecessary and inappropriate ways that honestly should not be found entertaining in any manner. Using others at their expense, who didn't even volunteer to be a part of the video, in order to attempt to create comedy is a truly pathetic way to become popular and make money. As I'm sure they would not support degrading and using others to become successful in the corporate or political world. Another sad day in the free nations of the world.

We Are the 99%

2012-08-22T14:18:00.000-04:00

I sit here laughing at this slogan used by the Occupy movement and some Democratic clubs on campus because of its inaccuracy and false implications. I understand the thought process behind using the slogan, saying that these are the everyday "middle class" people that believe they are at the mercy of the wealthy who hold positions of power in our society. It is foolish that this slogan is representing a form of portrayed victimization because of its inaccuracy. The true 99% of our society earns an income of $506,000 or less annually, surely not what ''Occupiers'' would consider part of their 99%. This means that stock brokers, real estate agents, wealthy small business owners, etc. would be included in the 99% percent since these occupations on average earn less that $506,000.

The 99% is truly not composed or representative of the 99% and statistically has been shown to actually represent the lower 40% on the income tax bracket from its composition of supporters. There are obviously people who consider themselves part of the 99% movement that earn more than the lower 40%, but does not represent the majority of the group.

This movement financially wants more from a country through financial benefits and more tax cuts when it "invests" a minority of the funds through taxes for these programs. Not only does this group (40%) pay less percentage-wise on their income, but only contributes 3% to the overall tax income of the United States. I am not degrading the importance of these people to our society, but just would like to point out that the situation is much different from what the media is portraying.

http://www.american.com/archive/2007/november-december-magazine-contents/guess-who-really-pays-the-taxes/

The true top 1% earns 19% of the income of the US but pays 37% of the taxes, and the top 25% of income earners pays 85% of the taxes of our country. This isn't to mention that the majority of financial risks and investments in new technology, companies, etc. are executed by the wealthy members of our society. These advancements and risks benefit everyone and we happily accept them as they become available to the less wealthy masses. As in everything in life, there are successes and failures and when the failures of investment occur, people still are effected in the lower classes. This is merely a reality of life and the downs must be accepted just as the ups are. We cannot react in uprising and disgust every time there are tough times in life. Where would we be if many wealthy men and women such as Bill Gates, Andrew Carnegie, Warren Buffett, etc. who have contributed incredible amounts of money to education, medical research, birth control projects, libraries. All of the lower classes have the opportunities to benefit from these programs created.

Although we live in a time of instant gratification and the need for everything to happen as soon as possible, we must have patience to see and allow the endeavors of the wealthy benefit us through the trickle down effect. We can see this through the availability of cars, cell phones, computers, health care treatments (including free clinics that have been around for decades, where they will not deny patients), education, etc. Is it the best available? No. But is it better than what people of equal position in society had ten, twenty, fifty years ago? Certainly. Let us be thankful for what we have now and patient for the benefits we will receive in the future.

Recent Events

2012-08-06T00:24:00.000-04:00

In recent events, gay marriage has surfaced again as a large issue on the national level. Would just like to point out from a political perspective that this shouldn't even be an issue. Whether Republican (fighting for individual freedom through less government) or Democrat (fighting for equality of all through government empowerment), the solution of allowing a civil union between same sexes makes sense. It is an issue that distracts us from greater issues while causing unnecessary debate. As a Republican, you believe in the Constitution in its original form which means that there is a separation of church and state. Therefore allowing same sex marriage would be dealt with at church level since it is separate from state. This would achieve greater individual freedom from less government restriction on how to live one's life. From the Democratic viewpoint, (which really need not be explained since this party is the original warrior for this cause), people are achieving greater equality through the government's push to create policy allowing same sex couples to have a civil union.

On another note, there are plenty of children in this world created by straight couples but no longer have parents in their lives. Many gay couples adopt along with straight couples and are terrific caring parents for children who would otherwise be absent of love in their lives. Artificial insemination is another topic to be debated.

As an American, it is embarrassing to see that as a country that was created by people escaping religious and social oppression, we are trying to reverse our progress by combining church and state. Forcing a belief on people is still not a successful way of capturing true believers, and this is coming from a believer himself.

OLYMPICS!!! YAY!

2012-07-29T13:10:00.000-04:00

Besides the obvious excitement I displayed in the title of this post, I would like to also display a state of reflection on these Olympic Games. It is a terrific time for our world in which we can come together at a single place and compete peacefully while learning about other nations. In the past, these games have been much more than games, representing the breaking of barriers, the excellence and progress of the human species, and the exploration of different cultures. Not all games have been peaceful or monumental, but have nonetheless shaped the world into what it is today. May we respect the athletes and their dedication to their craft, and may we respect the nations who have come together for learning and competition. Peace to all.

Losing Freedom One Order at a Time

2012-07-16T22:24:00.000-04:00

Here is the link to an article about the recent Executive Order President Obama signed into effect without the usual desire to attract media coverage. I do not own the rights to this article. Rights to this article belong to RT.

Incredible Overreach

Let's Get Real

2012-06-29T02:00:00.000-04:00

Regardless of political affiliation, I have a simple question about those who are wealthy and claim to care for those who are jobless, homeless, and starving. If you are a wealthy person who believes everyone should "pay their fair share" to help those are in need; have you truly helped those people you are striving to assist when you have had the opportunity? Specifically, have you offered to pick up, house, and feed a homeless person you have seen on the side of the street? These are part of those who you claim to care about and want to help, yet you are passing up a perfect opportunity to fulfill your goals. I doubt any government program could do more for a person than what an individual can do for another individual. Imagine if each person who could afford it, picked up someone that needed help. Obviously there are risks of theft, personal injury, and such but why do we approach these issues with an attitude of 'I want to help, as long as I don't actually have to help and do dirty work'? Better yet, imagine if you were that person sleeping under a bridge while you watched others drive by in fancy cars. Given they earned those fancy cars, but where is the humanity? Doesn't it ever occur to these people that they are blessed with excessive wealth and should personally make the world better by helping those less fortunate? I guess we will just continue down this pathway with the same attitude, that the government should just have more and they can fix it, rather than take responsibility and do something for our own people in our own country.

Now I'm just rambling...

HMMMM

2012-06-22T21:57:00.000-04:00

If the human race lost all technology and basically began over again or aliens discovered our planet after we wiped out, I have a theoretical question. If they find one book and one book only that had pictures of humans, dogs, birds, and dinosaurs talking to one another, would they assume that all creatures were intelligent and communicated and lived together?

If the answer is yes, are archeologists perhaps making mistakes in how they analyze the sophistication or lack thereof of ancient civilizations?

BRAIN FOOD

2012-06-12T11:30:00.000-04:00

Do Texans have the same needs and lifestyle as New Yorkers? Do Californians have the same needs and lifestyle as people from South Carolina? If they are the exact same should we have one government body to make decisions for all of them? Or if they are different, should there be more responsibilities given to the states to decide what is best for their citizens?

BRAIN FOOD

Perception

2012-06-08T17:40:00.000-04:00

If two can look at a glass filled with water halfway and one can see that the glass is becoming fuller and the other can see the glass emptying, is that the only instance in life where one can perceive the same circumstances and come up with different conclusions and facts?

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